Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics

Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics
ISBN-10
066422427X
ISBN-13
9780664224271
Category
Religion
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2004-01-01
Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Author
Charles W. Hedrick

Description

In this splendid introduction to the elusive rhetorical device central to the New Testament picture of Jesus, Charles Hedrick explores the nature of the parable and its history of use. He asks basic questions such as, what is a parable? is Jesus really the author of the parables? and what does a parable mean? and then reviews a range of sources--from Aesop's fables to modern New Testament scholarship--to answer them. He also surveys the various ways the parables have been approached in literary criticism throughout history, giving specific examples of each method and delineating their strengths and weaknesses.

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